Tag Archives: The Real Thing

Report From New York: The Real Thing Remains A Puzzlement

Tom Stoppard’s play about the war between head and heart in romance, The Real Thing, is reputedly his most accessible. Yet on my fourth connection with it through the revival at Roundabout Theatre Company, it still doesn’t cleanly despite a starry cast.

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Bill Hirschman

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged Cynthia Nixon, Josh Hamilton, Maggie Gyllenhall, Sam Gold, The Real Thing, Tom Stoppard | Leave a comment